Overview: Indigenous Education
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Indigenous Education Overview
Indications are that Indigenous adults have lower levels of educational attainment than non-indigenous adults, but improvements are being made.
- 18% of Indigenous adults have completed year 12, compared to 44% of non-Indigenous adults. This is an improvement on the 1994 rate of 10%.
- The proportion of Indigenous people aged 25-64 years who have a non-school qualification was 32% in 2002, compared to 57% of non-Indigenous people. This is an improvement on the 1994 figure of 20%.
- While Indigenous students comprised 3% of the total vocational education and training student population in 2003, they are still under-represented in higher education, accounting for 1% of the total higher education population in 2003.